Re: [PATCH 6/6] net: phy: Stop 'phy-state-machine' and 'phy_change' work on remove

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Tue Oct 27 2015 - 11:41:15 EST


On 27/10/15 07:49, Neil Armstrong wrote:
> Avoids:
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000064
> Workqueue: events_power_efficient phy_state_machine
> PC is at phy_state_machine+0x28/0x480

Stripped down oops can sometimes be missing critical pieces of
information to help debug the problem, is there a reason why this is
being obfuscated?

You are supposed to stop the PHY state machine by calling
phy_disconnect() is it possible that this is missing?

>
> Signed-off-by: Frode Isaksen <fisaksen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> index 3833891..b5b6c1b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
> @@ -1348,6 +1348,12 @@ static int phy_remove(struct device *dev)
> phydev->state = PHY_DOWN;
> mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
>
> + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&phydev->state_queue);
> + flush_delayed_work(&phydev->state_queue);
> +
> + cancel_work_sync(&phydev->phy_queue);
> + flush_work(&phydev->phy_queue);
> +
> if (phydev->drv->remove)
> phydev->drv->remove(phydev);
> phydev->drv = NULL;
>


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Florian
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